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THE BOSTON JEWISH TIMES Write the vision and make it plain upon tables.
HABAKKUK 2:2
14 AV 5745
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1985
VOL. XXXX, NO. 49
TWENfy-FlVE CEMISJ
Ten Years Of Human
Rights: What's Left?
A Little Good News
For Boston's Russian Jews
BOSTON - The Boston
Jewish Times may have played a
small role in improving the
prospects of some local Russian
Jews by helping them overcome
licensing problems.
Gregory Blychman and Arik
Aronov, owners of the Fantasy
restaurant are suing the Boston
Licensing Board which recently
revoked the restaurant's license.
Their attorney, Richard
Glovsky, announced he feels the
Licensing Board's decision
should be overturned because of
insubstantial evidence and
violations of due process. If the
suit is successful, Aronov and
Blychman will be able to reopen
the Fantasy with a common
victualer's license. A liquor and
entertainment license may
require a separate action,
Glovsky said. The Boston
Jewish Times brought the
Fantasy's problems to Glovsky's
attention. His firm specializes in
licensing litigation.
Physician Mark Goz has had
substantial licensing problems
and was unable to practice
medicine in Massachusetts.
Although Goz had passed all his
written and oral examinations,
the State Licensing Board
requires an internship for
practical retraining.
His problems, brought to the
attention of Harvard Medical
School Professors Marshall
Wolf and Kenneth H. Falchuk,
have resulted in a plan for Goz to
receive supervised training in
methods used by American
physicans.
Goz is currently at the
Brigham and Women's
Hospital, without salary, but
under excellent tutelage. When
his retraining course is
completed, he will be eligible for
a medical license in the State of
Massachusetts.
By Susan Bloch
It has been four and a half
months since the ascent of Soviet
Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
Hailed as possessing a new
young style and a good
understanding of the West,
Gorbachev has changed many of
the key people on the Soviet
scene. However, when Secretary
of State George Schultz speaks
Thursday in Finland, opening
three days of ceremonies
marking the 10th anniversary of
the Helsinki agreement on
human rights, it will appear that
although the players have
changed, Soviet human rights
policies have not.
In a coincidence whose timing
has not gone unnoticed, a
French television network
showed a film of Soviet dissident
Andrei Sakharov, in apparent
good health, leaving a clinic in
Gorky. Sakharov's health and
that of his wife Yelena Bonner,
had been the subject of much
concern these past few months.
Bonner's daughter, Tatiana
Yankelevich, who lives in
Newton, had expressed fear of a
deteriorating health problem
and a possible hunger strike by
Sakharov, Bonner or both as
recently as last month. There
had also been some conjecture as
to whether the couple was still
alive.
The date attached to the film is
July 11. A West German
newspaper also claims to have
acquired the film but did not
identify the origin. It is surmised
that Soviet journalist Victor
Louis, known for leaking
government information, is the
source. The newspaper has, in
the past, received information
from Louis. No reason was given
for not screening the films until
this week.
Sakharov's exile to Gorky in
1980 was just another in a
massive series of Soviet
violations of the Helsinki
accords on human rig"hts.
Sakharov and his wife, members
of the Soviet academy of
scientists, however, are among
the more distinguished victims.
Since Gorbachev has come to
power, long-time Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko has
been replaced by Eduard
Shavardnadze and Russia's man
in Washington, Anatoly
Dobryin, dean of the diplomatic
corps there, is also being
replaced.
However, Moscow's dealings
with Washington do not appear
to have softened. In fact,
Kremlin watchers perceive that
Gorbachev does not feel he will
be able to reach an accomoda-
tion with the Reagan
administration. They note he has
been broadening the scope of
Soviet foreign relations to
include some of America's
European allies and the Chinese.
The turning away from direct
Soviet-American competition,
does not bode well for Secretary
Schultz. In the past, the United
States has included human
rights issues in negotiating with
the Russians. If they are not
currently interested in dealing
with America, Schultz's pleas for
fewer restraints on human rights
Another indication of
Gorbachev's opening up the
foreign field was the report last
week of meetings between the
Soviets and the Israelis.
The Israeli government
decried the news leak and
Moscow denied statements
attributed to the Soviet
ambassador but neither side
denied that the meeting took
place or that future meetings
might take place.
Tourists See Red On Red Sea
By Nadia Lurie
TEL AVIV - The Egyptian
Charge d'Affaires, Mr.
Mohammed Bassiouny, recently
declared that tourist relations
with Egypt are going to be
improved. This does not tally
with what has happened this
week to passengers of two Israeli
yachts whose engines had
become disabled. My grandson
Yalon was involved in one of
these incidents.
Yalon, 25, a university
student, is an enthusiastic deep-
sea diver and even became a
qualified instructor in this sport.
On July 6th, with the university
summer vacation in full swing,
he and another young instructor
from the School of Diving
decided to take a party of nine
other diving enthusiasts on what
they call a "Diving Safari." They
hired a small yacht called
Delivery together with its
skipper for one day, and merrily
set out from Eilat towards the
deep waters of the bay, keeping
carefully to the "international
waters." Arriving at a spot about
20 kilometers from the coast of
Taba, roughly opposite the
famous Rail Nelson's village in
that strip, they dropped their
anchor and began to swim and
dive.
When they were ready to
move on, the skipper discovered
that the engine of his boat had
broken down, and there was no
wind to set sail. While he tried to
mend the engine, the students
began to swim and dive again.
Presently, a small Egyptian
patrol boat came up to inquire
what was happening. The divers
explained about the engine
failure, and even asked if there
was an Egyptian mechanic who
could help. An Egyptian
mechanic then came aboard the
Delivery, and he, too, could not
activate the engine, thus
verifying that it had indeed
broken down.
At this point, another, bigger
Egyptian boat arrived with
several "very high officers"
aboard. Yalon learned this later
from Israeli security when he
described the markings on their
uniforms. They ordered all the
occupants of the Israeli yacht to
come ashore with them. Yalon,
who had become the unofficial
Nadia's Grandson Yalon
spokesman of the group because
he was the only one amongst
them who could speak both a
little Arabic from his army
service and university studies,
and a little English from the
family, tried to argue, "We have
done no wrong. We are in
international waters. Your own
mechanic could not mend our
engine. If only a little breeze
would spring up we would sail
away.
"But when they persisted,
pointedly showing us their arms
- we had no choice," Yalon said.
He, as an instructor, felt
responsible for this group of
tourists. So the whole party of
12, including two American girls
and six American and British
male tourists, the skipper, and
the two instructors were
transferred to the larger
Egyptian boat, which then
towed their yacht.
Travelling slowly, it took
them four hours to reach
Nueiba, just south of the Taba
strip, where they were promptly
thrown into jail. The prison was
just an open square of desert
with no roof, surrounded by
barbed wire and armed guards.
There were no toilets and no
food for the 36 hours they spent
there. There were no blankets for
the cold night. Temperatures fall
drastically in that part of the
world and they were still in their
swimming suits. All had to sleep
on the bare sand.
The next morning there was
still no food when the
interrogation began. Each of
them was taken out separately
for questioning, and of course,
they all told the same story. With
lack of food (they had not eaten
since breakfast the previous day)
and lack of sleep they were all
beginning to "feel dizzy" recalled
Yalon. Throughout this time,
Yalon demanded that they let
him contact Border Police at the-
Israeli Taba checkpost, only a
few kilometers away. The
Egyptians refused.
By the end of the second day,
the officers seemed to have come
to a decision, which they said
was what the "Judge" had
declared. When Yalon asked to
meet that "Judge," his request
was refused. The "Judge" had
decided that they would go free,
if each of them would pay a fine
of 50 Egyptian pounds, about
$427 for the twelve of them.
They pooled every penny they
had and it came to about $360,
which the Egyptians agreed to
accept. Yalon was then sent with
the money and a guard to
another Egyptian officer, whom
Yalon later labelled "their own.
black market," who exchanged
the dollars at the best possible
Continued on Page Ffoe~

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THE BOSTON JEWISH TIMES Write the vision and make it plain upon tables.
HABAKKUK 2:2
14 AV 5745
THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1985
VOL. XXXX, NO. 49
TWENfy-FlVE CEMISJ
Ten Years Of Human
Rights: What's Left?
A Little Good News
For Boston's Russian Jews
BOSTON - The Boston
Jewish Times may have played a
small role in improving the
prospects of some local Russian
Jews by helping them overcome
licensing problems.
Gregory Blychman and Arik
Aronov, owners of the Fantasy
restaurant are suing the Boston
Licensing Board which recently
revoked the restaurant's license.
Their attorney, Richard
Glovsky, announced he feels the
Licensing Board's decision
should be overturned because of
insubstantial evidence and
violations of due process. If the
suit is successful, Aronov and
Blychman will be able to reopen
the Fantasy with a common
victualer's license. A liquor and
entertainment license may
require a separate action,
Glovsky said. The Boston
Jewish Times brought the
Fantasy's problems to Glovsky's
attention. His firm specializes in
licensing litigation.
Physician Mark Goz has had
substantial licensing problems
and was unable to practice
medicine in Massachusetts.
Although Goz had passed all his
written and oral examinations,
the State Licensing Board
requires an internship for
practical retraining.
His problems, brought to the
attention of Harvard Medical
School Professors Marshall
Wolf and Kenneth H. Falchuk,
have resulted in a plan for Goz to
receive supervised training in
methods used by American
physicans.
Goz is currently at the
Brigham and Women's
Hospital, without salary, but
under excellent tutelage. When
his retraining course is
completed, he will be eligible for
a medical license in the State of
Massachusetts.
By Susan Bloch
It has been four and a half
months since the ascent of Soviet
Premier Mikhail Gorbachev.
Hailed as possessing a new
young style and a good
understanding of the West,
Gorbachev has changed many of
the key people on the Soviet
scene. However, when Secretary
of State George Schultz speaks
Thursday in Finland, opening
three days of ceremonies
marking the 10th anniversary of
the Helsinki agreement on
human rights, it will appear that
although the players have
changed, Soviet human rights
policies have not.
In a coincidence whose timing
has not gone unnoticed, a
French television network
showed a film of Soviet dissident
Andrei Sakharov, in apparent
good health, leaving a clinic in
Gorky. Sakharov's health and
that of his wife Yelena Bonner,
had been the subject of much
concern these past few months.
Bonner's daughter, Tatiana
Yankelevich, who lives in
Newton, had expressed fear of a
deteriorating health problem
and a possible hunger strike by
Sakharov, Bonner or both as
recently as last month. There
had also been some conjecture as
to whether the couple was still
alive.
The date attached to the film is
July 11. A West German
newspaper also claims to have
acquired the film but did not
identify the origin. It is surmised
that Soviet journalist Victor
Louis, known for leaking
government information, is the
source. The newspaper has, in
the past, received information
from Louis. No reason was given
for not screening the films until
this week.
Sakharov's exile to Gorky in
1980 was just another in a
massive series of Soviet
violations of the Helsinki
accords on human rig"hts.
Sakharov and his wife, members
of the Soviet academy of
scientists, however, are among
the more distinguished victims.
Since Gorbachev has come to
power, long-time Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko has
been replaced by Eduard
Shavardnadze and Russia's man
in Washington, Anatoly
Dobryin, dean of the diplomatic
corps there, is also being
replaced.
However, Moscow's dealings
with Washington do not appear
to have softened. In fact,
Kremlin watchers perceive that
Gorbachev does not feel he will
be able to reach an accomoda-
tion with the Reagan
administration. They note he has
been broadening the scope of
Soviet foreign relations to
include some of America's
European allies and the Chinese.
The turning away from direct
Soviet-American competition,
does not bode well for Secretary
Schultz. In the past, the United
States has included human
rights issues in negotiating with
the Russians. If they are not
currently interested in dealing
with America, Schultz's pleas for
fewer restraints on human rights
Another indication of
Gorbachev's opening up the
foreign field was the report last
week of meetings between the
Soviets and the Israelis.
The Israeli government
decried the news leak and
Moscow denied statements
attributed to the Soviet
ambassador but neither side
denied that the meeting took
place or that future meetings
might take place.
Tourists See Red On Red Sea
By Nadia Lurie
TEL AVIV - The Egyptian
Charge d'Affaires, Mr.
Mohammed Bassiouny, recently
declared that tourist relations
with Egypt are going to be
improved. This does not tally
with what has happened this
week to passengers of two Israeli
yachts whose engines had
become disabled. My grandson
Yalon was involved in one of
these incidents.
Yalon, 25, a university
student, is an enthusiastic deep-
sea diver and even became a
qualified instructor in this sport.
On July 6th, with the university
summer vacation in full swing,
he and another young instructor
from the School of Diving
decided to take a party of nine
other diving enthusiasts on what
they call a "Diving Safari." They
hired a small yacht called
Delivery together with its
skipper for one day, and merrily
set out from Eilat towards the
deep waters of the bay, keeping
carefully to the "international
waters." Arriving at a spot about
20 kilometers from the coast of
Taba, roughly opposite the
famous Rail Nelson's village in
that strip, they dropped their
anchor and began to swim and
dive.
When they were ready to
move on, the skipper discovered
that the engine of his boat had
broken down, and there was no
wind to set sail. While he tried to
mend the engine, the students
began to swim and dive again.
Presently, a small Egyptian
patrol boat came up to inquire
what was happening. The divers
explained about the engine
failure, and even asked if there
was an Egyptian mechanic who
could help. An Egyptian
mechanic then came aboard the
Delivery, and he, too, could not
activate the engine, thus
verifying that it had indeed
broken down.
At this point, another, bigger
Egyptian boat arrived with
several "very high officers"
aboard. Yalon learned this later
from Israeli security when he
described the markings on their
uniforms. They ordered all the
occupants of the Israeli yacht to
come ashore with them. Yalon,
who had become the unofficial
Nadia's Grandson Yalon
spokesman of the group because
he was the only one amongst
them who could speak both a
little Arabic from his army
service and university studies,
and a little English from the
family, tried to argue, "We have
done no wrong. We are in
international waters. Your own
mechanic could not mend our
engine. If only a little breeze
would spring up we would sail
away.
"But when they persisted,
pointedly showing us their arms
- we had no choice," Yalon said.
He, as an instructor, felt
responsible for this group of
tourists. So the whole party of
12, including two American girls
and six American and British
male tourists, the skipper, and
the two instructors were
transferred to the larger
Egyptian boat, which then
towed their yacht.
Travelling slowly, it took
them four hours to reach
Nueiba, just south of the Taba
strip, where they were promptly
thrown into jail. The prison was
just an open square of desert
with no roof, surrounded by
barbed wire and armed guards.
There were no toilets and no
food for the 36 hours they spent
there. There were no blankets for
the cold night. Temperatures fall
drastically in that part of the
world and they were still in their
swimming suits. All had to sleep
on the bare sand.
The next morning there was
still no food when the
interrogation began. Each of
them was taken out separately
for questioning, and of course,
they all told the same story. With
lack of food (they had not eaten
since breakfast the previous day)
and lack of sleep they were all
beginning to "feel dizzy" recalled
Yalon. Throughout this time,
Yalon demanded that they let
him contact Border Police at the-
Israeli Taba checkpost, only a
few kilometers away. The
Egyptians refused.
By the end of the second day,
the officers seemed to have come
to a decision, which they said
was what the "Judge" had
declared. When Yalon asked to
meet that "Judge," his request
was refused. The "Judge" had
decided that they would go free,
if each of them would pay a fine
of 50 Egyptian pounds, about
$427 for the twelve of them.
They pooled every penny they
had and it came to about $360,
which the Egyptians agreed to
accept. Yalon was then sent with
the money and a guard to
another Egyptian officer, whom
Yalon later labelled "their own.
black market," who exchanged
the dollars at the best possible
Continued on Page Ffoe~